Cipher Press

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An independent press publishing queer and trans authors

Dark green and blue flyer for Chener Readings Thursday 4th June, with Eva Wyles, Grace Murray, Gurnaik Johal and Joe Conroy reading from their debuts. Thursday 4 June 7pm, Chener Books, 14 Lordship Lane London SE22 8HN. Tickets on Eventbrite, Limited Space, Pay What You Can.
Graphic with a red background showing the book cover for Hannah Levene's A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and A Pizza Hut. The book cover is light blue with an image of Watford town centre in the middle, and the title is in bold red font at the top. At the bottom, the author's name is in red italic font.
Graphic shows the Little F book cover, featuring a shadow of a person cast on a road next to a shadow of a tree, against a yellow background. The title Little F and author Michelle Tea's name are in white cursive on the book cover, while the words 'out now' are written below in dark blue.
A banner with book covers for Heaven by Emerson Whitney, Nettleblack and Earlyfate by Nat Reeve, Sluts edited by Michelle Tea, In the Past the Future was Better from Cipher Shorts, Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey Chamberlain, Front Lines by Juliet Jacques and Ten Bridges I've Burnt by Brontez Purnell.
Cover image for Big Man by Dean Atta. A yellow book cover with a large-link white chain necklace at the top, a small-link black chain necklace looped around it. The title and author appear in bold black text. At the bottom text reads: "Original and beautifully written." Harry Lighton, writer and director of Pillion.
A graphic of blue diagonal stripes in the top right and bottom left corners, with a bright yellow stripe in the middle. In the centre is the Cipher press logo, a black hexagonal outline with a thick diagonal stripe to the right. Underneath the logo says 2026 subscription.
Bright pink square with an image of a black t shirt in the centre. The black t shirt has DADDY BOY in big pink letters across the chest.
Pale pink square with CASANOVA 20 cover in centre. Book cover is a greyscale image of two men, one topless seated in profile towards the centre of the frame, one slightly cut out of the edge of the cover with just his knees and forehead visible. Pink text in the centre at the top says CASANOVA 20 OR, HOT WORLD. Pink text at the bottom reads 'A heterosexual novel by Davey Davis.'
Red square with book cover for SLUTS in the middle. Book cover is pale link with a photo of two people's bodies in the centre - you can see one pale person's back, and another person's slightly darker legs coming out from either side beneath them. Red text reads SLUTS at the top and 'Edited by Michelle Tea' down the sides. At the bottom is a quote from Eileen Myles which says 'Sluts are in season.'
Mustard yellow square with book cover for Lákíríboto in the centre. Book cover is red with one half of a black person's face on the right hand side of the cover. They have short hair and their teeth are visible through a slightly open mouth. The same person's face is also seen upside down on the left-hand side of the cover. White text at the bottom reads LÁKÍRÍBOTO at the bottom, and at the top Ayodele Olofintuade.
Acid green square with book cover for WITCH in the centre. Book cover is a black background with acid green text reading WITCH at the top and 'Edited by Michelle Tea' running down either side. In the middle is a black and white picture of a black cat yowling at its reflection in a pool of water.
A dark pink square with the 100 Boyfriends book cover in the middle. Book cover is pale pink with photobooth-style black and white images of Black men overlaid in 2 strips, showing a fist in the air, a man putting on an earring, a man pulling down his lip and a man in profile. In the top right corner is a quote from Bryan Washington, author of LOT and MEMORIAL, reading '...stunning in scope, technically blinding, and entirely miraculous.' Towards the bottom right of the cover is 100 BOYFRIENDS in thick white text against a black box, with Brontez Purnell in thin black text against a dark pink strip beneath.
A royal blue square with the book cover for TERRY DACTYL in the middle. The book has a white background with red, pink and blue feathers. Black text in the top right corner reads TERRY DACTYL, with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore in the bottom left. Under the author's name is a quote from Isabel Waidner reading 'The realest fiction I've read in a long time.'
A hand holding up a stack of Cipher Press books against an olive green wall. The person holding them up has a tattoo of the word CIPHER on their wrist. From the bottom up, the books are: Nettleblack by Nat Reeve (a green spine with pink Victorian-style writing), Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (a black spine with hot pink writing), The Woman in the Portrait by Juliet Jacques (a white spine with black writing), X by Davey Davis (a grey and black spine with gold writing), Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt (a black spine with bright yellow writing), Heaven by Emerson Whitney (a dark blue spine with bright light blue writing), Front Lines by Juliet Jacques (a yellow spine with black writing), Daddy Boy by Emerson Whitney (a pink and deep purple spine with the title in white and the author name in yellow), Never Was by H Gareth Gavin (a pale pink spine with black writing) and Terry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (a white spine with black writing).
Promotional graphic for Terry Dactyl, on a white background with pink, red and blue feathers. The image features a quote from Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show. The quote reads: '...creates a recognition of social absurdity that Mattilda elevates with her iconoclastic stylish beauty into a work that has as much to say about vulnerability as it does about trees, and time itself.'
Alison Rumfitt, a white woman in a white jumper, stands at a lectern on a black stage and reads from her work in progress. The lectern has 'mumak' printed on it, and a powerpoint presentation in the background says Alison Rumfitt WORKINPROGRESS in white text on a plain black background.
Promotional graphic for Terry Dactyl, on a white background with pink, red and blue feathers. Includes a quote from McKenzie Wark, author of Love and Money, Sex and Death. The quote reads: 'Terry Dactyl made me cry and made me laugh out loud. It has all the pain and joy, struggle and delight of the lives of those who colour outside the lines. It's a book about family and friendship and love and knowing when and how to change your life.'
Book cover for Lakiriboto, with the title in white at the bottom and the author's name, Ayodele Olofintuade, in white at the top. The background is bright red and at the right hand side we see the right half of a Black woman's face. Another aspect of her face is upside-down in the top-left corner.
Book cover for Tell Me I'm Worthless, with the title in yellow text. Alison Rumfitt appears in yellow text below. The background image is a painting of a woman using grey and black, with a red stripe across her eyes. The stripe appears to have pins on top.
Graphic for Little F with an author headshot of Michelle Tea, a white woman with reddish-brown hair, against a brown paper backdrop. Image text reads Little F by Michelle Tea. April 2026. Faded stamps reading 'Cipher Press' can be seen in the margins.